Thank you for your continued support next year as well!
Long time no see.
Before I knew it, it's New Year's Eve 2024.
Thank you very much for all your support throughout this year!
I'm sorry I couldn't resume orders in December this year.
Fortunately, I received some inquiries,
but I was overwhelmed with my company job and making dried fruits,
and I couldn't find a good amount of time.
Except for custom masking tape orders, I continue to sell on minne and Creema,
so please feel free to take a look if you like.
The photo above is an old medicine box.
It came to our home by chance.
I think it is from around the early Showa period.
The outside of the wooden box and the bottom of the drawer were completely covered with something like wrapping paper.
I carefully peeled off the paper, repaired the board that was coming off,
polished it with gel stain, and finished it with beeswax.
The unique charm of antique tools and the cute stickers. It feels nice.
Inside the drawer, there was a paper with the placement drug price and quantity table.
There I found the characters "熊胆円". I wonder if this means "bear gallbladder".
"熊の胆" is read as "kuma no i",
When I was little, whenever I had a stomachache or diarrhea,
it was always "bear gallbladder", the most familiar medicine. It was a very bitter but effective medicine.
The black hard surface was a sticky lump, and my mother would break it into small pieces and give it to me.
When I grew up, I was shocked to learn that "kuma no i" is a crude drug made by drying a bear's gallbladder, lol.
There were other interesting medicine names too. Shitoharashiburibara medicine, Jitsubosan, Sekidome new medicine Koderon, a step advanced new medicine Kyoryoku Sokko, cooperative bactericidal hemostatic medicine Akachin, comprehensive cold medicine Kaze Pitari capsule...
I am thinking of using this wooden box to store masking tape or for event booths.
I will report here again on what kind of activities I can do next year.
Thank you for your continued support next year as well!